World News Briefs from the Week in Busy Reader Form
A collage of items includes racing notes on Dudley bay gelding at Nobbi Randall with 1:02% time, hospital and bereavement mentions, and reports from Washington on taxes, bonds, and treaty talks with Germany. It notes Bribery and treason concerns, naval and army movements, and international unrest from Rome to Petrograd.
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Lers
Nobbi Randall
Qhen Mr. Dudley
Wilson
Germany
Washington
Evpation
Brest
Galiington
Peace notes and treaty votes shape postwar status
The Paris paper notes if Switzerland defies the League of Nations the league’s seat may move from Geneva. The Weimar assembly approves the peace treaty 208 to 115 with 99 abstentions. Paris also sets up a commission to probe Adriatic port troubles involving Italian and allied occupation forces. Marshal von Hindenburg appeals to Marshal Foch to block the extradition of the former German emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
League of Nations
Paris L'Intransigeant
Geneva
Weimar
Council of Five
Paris
Miame
Adriatic
Itellan
Copenhagen
Fela Marshal von Hindenburg
Marshal Foch
Chicago workers press for wage hikes in broad vote
Domestic surface and elevated workers across Chicago voted to demand radical wage increases. Chief Postal Inspector James E. Stuart outlined a $400,000 Black Hand scheme with over 200 victims. six arrests made and more sought. Denver streetcar men settled at 148 cents an hour and will push higher wages to arbitration. A clash in Longview Texas left injuries among whites and a black man. Mary Biddle died in a Bradford cyclone. Private Joseph Novak of Chicago jailed for three years for desertion. Navy still tolerates rum. vessels sail with troops to New York. A rain cloudburst drowned seven at Dubuque. The giant airship departed Mineola toward the east. Pittsburgh Brewing charged under war prohibition law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Stuart
Chicago
Mystery House Green Fancy and the Barnes Voyage
Wealthy New Yorker Thomas K Barnes on a walking trip near the Canadian border becomes entangled with a tavern troupe and the mystery of Green Fancy. A double murder at the tavern property draws Barnes deeper as he encounters secret agents and a ravishing captive Lady Miss Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Synopela
Thomaas K. Barnes
New Ting
Glyeo
Barnes
Lyndon
Rushcroft
Miss Thackeray
Andrew Boon
Green Fancy
Green Fanny Grounds
O'Dowd
Minter
Sprouse
Tinter
Loeb
Gurtis
Miss Cameron
Secret Service
Germany
Sorrowful Chase Through Green Fancy Telephone Plot
Barnes speaks with Miss Cameron at O'Dowd’s, plotting escape from Green Fancy while fearing discovery. Cameron warns of danger and secrecy as Barnes devises plans to contact authorities, hoping for outside aid without exposing her to risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Dowd
Miss Cameron
Barnes
Tam
Second Wayfarer’s midnight crime and rescue plan
In darkness Sprouse covertly plots with Barnes to lift jewels and parchments from Green Fancy. They bind a bound captive, prepare a wireless signal, and attempt to rescue a woman by entering the house through a window after signaling with a rod.
Bluster and Bald Claims Spark Continuation Tease
A fragment hints at ongoing debate and unresolved assertions as coverage contemplates further developments. The terse note implies more to come without detailing names or dates.
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Hewlitack & Ccompe
Ranaformadlyl
Nancy
Leah
Jon Tox, Jr
Big Stone Gap
Tank T. Raio
Fairbury
Neb
Atlantic City
Ett T. Brophy
Brooklyn
United States Treasury
United States
Polk
District, Army and Navy
Sresident Wilson
Edward N. Ee
Shipping Rd
John Barton Payne
Mr. Hur
Tisk Bureau
Gerpany
Apartment of Justice
Congressional
Maxhallian Harden
Die Minott
Berlin
Wash
Heron Ag
Thet Fremdénbintt
Ainburg
Coblenz
Rome
Popula Romino
Saan Iages
Faris
Petrograd
House’ of Commons
London
Great
Ylenna
Galicia
Gregow
Kolchack
Parla
Hessa
Lapatches
Vienna
Budapest
Bucharest
Theiss River
Managua
Nicaragua
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Gustav Noske
Citizens’ League
Denver
Crana Con, Er
Longvlew
Tex
Mary Biddle
Bradford
Joseph
Novak
Camp Grant
Leavenworth
Navy Department
Mineola
L. 1
Marcela
Radttalia
Marseilles
Santa
Olivia
Deepwater
Bordeaux
New York
Parsons
Dubuque
Scotland
Mingola
N. Y
R. L. Crawford
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Brewing Company
United States ‘District
George Barr
Ghapter
Jim Conley
Conley
Greenanay
Lita
Roon
Paul
St. Eizabeth
Hart
Bii
Sprousa v Solently
Seret
Curtis
Barnes Sturdy
Ney
Leek
Usten
Z . Barnes
Sproure
Sameone
Lght
Barnes, Sprouse
Cameron
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